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            <div class=DATE>December 17, 2011
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         <div id=HDN_PAGE_DATE>2011-12-17</div><div id=HDN_IP>1135241693</div><div id=NPOD_NAME>Walk on the Shore</div><span class=TENPT_FNT><img src='/npods/2011/december/walk_on_the_shore_800w.jpg' border=1 alt='Seagulls on Lake Erie.' class='NPOD_PIC'></img>
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<span class=BOLD>Walk on the Shore:</span> <span class=MNULNK>This shore happens to be the shore of <a href='http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/ref/eriefact.html'>Lake Erie</a>, the fourth largest of the Great Lakes.</span>
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            <span class=CMNT_TXT><span class=CMNT_USR_TXT>Christine</span> from 
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            <b>Look at the colour of the water! Look with your true eyes and see what's under the water! Pure heavenly wonder and magic. :)</b></span></div>

         
            
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            <span class=CMNT_TXT><span class=CMNT_USR_TXT>Ali</span> from 
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            <b>Sweet photo! Look at the wave, look at the birds! He is always into something really important, if we care to look! :)</b></span></div>

         
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